Connecticut western news., 1887-11-02
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2. 1887.
Local News.

Money found. See advertisement. Rev Robert Hunt, of Lee, Mass, called on friends here yesterday.
 Miss Abbie Kellogg, of Falls Vill- age, visited friends.her Monday.
 Geo B. Cogswen, of West Stock bridge, visited friends here over Sunday. Rev Dr and Mrs Eddy will return this week from their visit at Jamestown, N
 The Tone house on railroad street was raised last wee k and is progressing rapidly.
 A rare opportunity to purchase three adjoining farms in Salisbury. See advertisement.
 Pianos and Organs rented or sold on installments by Capewell, the jewell CT. West Winsted, Ct.
 -J. N VanDeusen received a car load of potatoes last Monday, which he is selling at 90 cents per bushel.
 Certain parties will save themselves considerable expense by needing J. l. Bragg's notice in another column.
 w. D. Lawrence, of Fully N. r., who has been visiting relatives here for about two weeks. returned Monday.
 Andrew Carlson, of Danbury, bridge builder of the Housatonic rail road, has purchased the Loomis place at Ashley Falls. Henry P. Lynch, formerly foreman in the News composing room, his accept ed months work on the Springfield Union. He left Monday for Springfield. We respectfully call attention to our pattern offer, which is fully ex- plained in another column, under the heading, .' Pattern Free.
 The Canaan Lime Go. are now at work erecting their kilns and buildings. Associated with Dr O. w. Camp and H. P. Tracy is Samuel A. Eddy.
 A social ball will be given at town hall, Friday evening, Nov II. Tickets only 30 cents. The committee are Messrs B. Murphy and M. Rrannick.
 IN. Van Deusen, of Ashley Falls, is contemplating trip to Florida, and offers $3OOO, worth of merchandise at cost for the next 60 days. See adv.
 If you cannot find lamp that suits you at Geo. T. Johnson's Norfolk drug store, then you better use tallow can dle. Read Johnson's new advertise ment.
 Out in Nebraska man invented 8 new fly trap-a blanket saturated with coal oil-which he hung up in his house and burned after it was full of flies. Now he's trying to find the house.
 Last week the Millerton Telegram entered upon it's twelfth year. It is 8 good paper, and ought to be, as one o1 it's proprietors is Deacon. Every printing office has devil but not every newspaper can boast of Deacon.
 John B. Davis has fine kiln o1 brick ready for market. They were burned last week. He will make nc moro brick this season and he has res umed his old position of assistant post master until spring.
 In another column, Fl. w Wood ruff, of Washington Depot. Conn. give. you due and timely notice of his auction sale of a large number of buggies, car riages. business and pleasure wagons buckboards, farm wagons, sleighs. etc.
 We have seen lots of people tha wanted "the earth" but one day las week the man appeared who had i in the shape of large globe mounted on wheels, travelling through the coun try advertising " Soapine." He had n, fence around it.
 Farmers attention Wm. NJ. Cha pin offers you rare opportunity t purchase Holstien Friesians at auction and to accommodate purchasers wh come from distance by railroad, h will hold the sale at Canaan, Nov.. 18th at 10 8. m. For description of stoc see advertisement in another column.
 Some of the school boys on Satul day found, by measuring with SUI veyor's chain, the distance from s. N Barnes Main Street gate to MT. Foote' gate to be mile and to the popla tree by the side of the road east of Ere Gillette's to be just one mile.
 -Sanford's History of Connecticut heartily commended by such eminer historians and educators as Tossing Professors Johnston, Camp, Northen and Northrop, Gov Cooke and man others equally prominent. The book being sold by agents with remarksbl success, and 8 large sale is sure to | made in every town in our state. will pay anyone wanting pleasant an profitable business, to write the vel known publishers, s. s. Scranton & 0, Hartford, Conn.
 Under the heading GA College Cal Rush" one of our special correspond ents. "Roster. gives a description one of the sciences learned at the co leges of this enlightened 18th centur Shades of Demosthenes! are our instit tions of learning retrograding towa1 barbarian, and is mere brute force th only recognised standard of superiorii among college students :? Evolution, ( evolution. art thou really only devil tion